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Continue reading →: Persevering in Prayer“And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.” (Luke 18:1) Luke places this parable right after Jesus’ teaching on the coming of the kingdom (Luke 17:20-37). That placement is intentional. Jesus knows that between the promise of the kingdom…
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Continue reading →: Healing from Tribalism: Resisting Idolatry in a Political AgeIn every generation the church faces the temptation to confuse its deepest loyalty. In the first century believers lived under the wretchedness of Rome, yet the apostles did not center their letters on imperial policy. Instead, they called Christians to live as “citizens of heaven” (Phil. 3:20) and “ambassadors for…
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Continue reading →: Dependent or Driven?One of the great temptations of the Christian life is to confuse faithfulness with self-reliance. God calls us to serve, to build, to love, to pursue justice, and yet in our eagerness to obey, we can begin to act as though the outcome depends on us. We fill our schedules,…
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Continue reading →: Abiding in Christ: A Daily Rhythm of DependenceWhen Jesus tells us to “abide in Him” (John 15:4), He is not speaking about occasional inspiration or the rare spiritual high. He is calling us into a daily, even hourly rhythm of dependence, a life rooted in Him like a branch to a vine. Abiding is not passive. It…
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Continue reading →: Hope in Christ AloneIsaiah gives us a stunning picture of the future: “On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples” (Isaiah 25:6). It is not just a meal, but a celebration of God’s victory over sin and death, where His people will sit together in…
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Continue reading →: Called to BuildIn the book of Nehemiah, we read how the people of Israel rebuilt the wall of Jerusalem. It was hard work, often done with a tool in one hand and a weapon in the other, because opposition was everywhere. Yet this task was more than just construction. It was a…
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Continue reading →: Alien RighteousnessWe often think of righteousness as something we achieve, being moral enough, spiritual enough, good enough for God. But the Bible says our true hope is in what Martin Luther called an alien righteousness, a righteousness that is not our own but comes from outside of us. Paul writes, “not…
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Continue reading →: God is Good Because We Can Worship Him with Our Minds Part 3.Grand Canyon. Photographer: John Kees. “John Polkinghorn (professor of quantum theory at Cambridge) under whom I had the privilege of taking a couple of courses. John Polkinghorne in one of his books makes this comment ‘if you examine the early relationship between expansion and contraction forces in the early picoseconds…
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Continue reading →: God is Good Because We Can Worship Him With Our Minds. Part 2View from Hotel Ohla, Barcelona, Spain. Photographer: Gary Ullah. https://www.flickr.com/people/96391186@N06 “I believe witnesses that have their throats cut.” Blaise Pascal “To accept Jesus demands a leap of faith-but so does the decision to reject him.” Dr. Alistair Mcgrath “Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to…
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